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** FILE ** A young boy leads the hard-line Islamist al-Shabaab fighters as they conduct a military exercise in northern Mogadishu's Suqaholaha neighborhood in Somalia. The country's continuous violence appears to have increased recruiting efforts of young fighters, minors who can easily be indoctrinated. (Associated Press)

Kyrgyz soldiers are alert atop an armored personal carrier patrolling the outskirts of the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh in Kyrgyzstan on Thursday, June 17, 2010, with a humanitarian convoy behind the truck. Hundreds of thousands of Uzbeks fled their homes seeking refuge in neighboring Uzbekistan after deadly rampages by mobs of ethnic Kyrgyz. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Ethnic Uzbeks, who fled southern Kyrgyzstan, cross the Uzbek-Kyrgyz border as they return back to Kyrgyzstan near the southern city of Osh on Thursday, June 17, 2010. A handful of Uzbek refugees displaced by ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan returned to their wrecked homes Thursday in the southern city of Osh, desperate for food and water that aid agencies have had trouble delivering to the thousands camped out on the border. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Ethnic Uzbeks, who fled southern Kyrgyzstan, cross the Uzbek-Kyrgyz border as they return back to Kyrgyzstan near the southern city of Osh on Thursday, June 17, 2010. A handful of Uzbek refugees displaced by ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan returned to their wrecked homes Thursday in the southern city of Osh, desperate for food and water that aid agencies have had trouble delivering to the thousands camped out on the border. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Kyrgyz soldiers and volunteers check passing cars and search passengers for weapons at a check point on the Uzbek border side on the outskirts of the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh in Kyrgyzstan Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Heavy arms fire rang out over the Kyrgyz city of Osh before dawn Wednesday as authorities struggled to bring order to the country's south, which has been thrust into chaos by days of deadly ethnic riots. The violence has prompted more than 100,000 Uzbeks to flee for their lives to Uzbekistan, with tens of thousands more camped on the Kyrgyz side or stranded in a no man's land. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men run during a protest against the removal of ancient tombs in the neighborhood of Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Israeli police say they have arrested several dozen people in a violent protest by ultra-Orthodox activists opposed to an excavation they say is disturbing Jewish grave sites. Five police officers and ten demonstrators were lightly wounded. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men pause during a protest against the removal of ancient tombs in the neighborhood of Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Israeli police say they have arrested several dozen people in a violent protest by ultra-Orthodox activists opposed to an excavation they say is disturbing Jewish gravesites. Five police officers and 10 demonstrators were slightly wounded. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men scuffle with mounted police officers during a protest against the removal of ancient tombs in the neighborhood of Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Israeli police say they have arrested several dozen people in a violent protest by ultra-Orthodox activists opposed to an excavation they say is disturbing Jewish gravesites. Five police officers and 10 demonstrators were slightly wounded. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man lies on the ground with blood on his face after a scuffle with border police officers during a protest against the removal of ancient tombs in the neighborhood of Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Israeli police say they have arrested several dozen people in a violent protest by ultra-Orthodox activists opposed to an excavation they say is disturbing Jewish gravesites. Five police officers and 10 demonstrators were slightly wounded. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Kyrgyz army volunteers are on alert in the back of a truck patrolling the outskirts of Osh, Kyrgyzstan, on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Heavy arms fire rang out over Osh before dawn Wednesday as authorities struggled to bring order to the country's south, which has been thrust into chaos by days of deadly ethnic riots. The violence has prompted more than 100,000 Uzbeks to flee for their lives to Uzbekistan, with tens of thousands more camped on the Kyrgyz side of the border or stranded in a no man's land. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Kyrgyz army soldiers and volunteers climb up on their military truck to patrol the outskirts of the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Heavy arms fire rang out over Osh before dawn Wednesday as authorities struggled to bring order to the country's south, which has been thrust into chaos by days of deadly ethnic riots. The violence has prompted more than 100,000 Uzbeks to flee for their lives to Uzbekistan, with tens of thousands more camped on the Kyrgyz side or stranded in a no man's land. (Associated Press)

Kyrgyz soldiers and volunteers check passing cars and search passengers for weapons as they control a checkpoint on the Uzbek side of the border on the outskirts of Osh, Kyrgyzstan, on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Heavy arms fire rang out over the Kyrgyz city of Osh before dawn Wednesday as authorities struggled to bring order to the country's south, which has been thrust into chaos by days of deadly ethnic riots. The violence has prompted more than 100,000 Uzbeks to flee for their lives to Uzbekistan, with tens of thousands more camped on the Kyrgyz side or stranded in a no man's land. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

A Kyrgyz Army volunteer checks the trunk of passing car during a search for weapons as an ethnic Uzbek family look on at a checkpoint on the Uzbek side of the border near Osh, Kyrgyzstan, on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Heavy arms fire rang out over Osh before dawn Wednesday as authorities struggled to bring order to the country's south, which has been thrust into chaos by days of deadly ethnic riots. The violence has prompted more than 100,000 Uzbeks to flee for their lives to Uzbekistan, with tens of thousands more camped on the Kyrgyz side or stranded in a no man's land. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

A Kyrgyz soldier (left) searches a passenger for weapons at a checkpoint on the Uzbek side of the border on the outskirts of Osh, Kyrgyzstan, on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Heavy arms fire rang out over Osh before dawn Wednesday as authorities struggled to bring order to the country's south, which has been thrust into chaos by days of deadly ethnic riots. The violence has prompted more than 100,000 Uzbeks to flee for their lives to Uzbekistan, with tens of thousands more camped on the Kyrgyz side or stranded in a no man's land. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Kyrgyz soldiers and volunteers check passing cars and search passengers for weapons at a checkpoint on the Uzbek side the border near the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Heavy arms fire rang out over Osh before dawn Wednesday as authorities struggled to bring order to the country's south, which has been thrust into chaos by days of deadly ethnic riots. The violence has prompted more than 100,000 Uzbeks to flee for their lives to Uzbekistan, with tens of thousands more camped on the Kyrgyz side or stranded in a no man's land. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Uzbek men prepare to bury a victim of ethnic rioting between Kyrgyz and ethnic Uzbeks in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Ethnic rioting has killed at least several hundred people, or roughly double official figures, the Red Cross said Tuesday, as new reports strengthened suspicions that the rioting in Kyrgyzstan was started deliberately. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Uzbek men pray during a funeral for victims of ethnic rioting between Kyrgyz and ethnic Uzbeks in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. The official death count from the past week of violence rose to 189 on Wednesday, with 1,910 wounded, the Health Ministry said. Kyrgyzstan is observing three days of mourning for the victims of the recent mass-scale riots in the republic's southern regions. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Demonstrating against Israel's closure of Gaza, Palestinians, some with national flags, stage a weekly protest near the Israeli border (background) in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip, on Tuesday June 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Kyrgyz military vehicles roll through the central square of the southern city of Osh, Kyrgyzstan, on Tuesday, June 15, 2010. Rioting has killed at least several hundred people in this Central Asian nation, the Red Cross said Tuesday, as new reports strengthened suspicions that the violence was ignited deliberately to undermine the interim government. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)